Thread: <>(not equal to) in where clause can use index

<>(not equal to) in where clause can use index

From
AI Rumman
Date:
Is it possible to add some operator class in Postgresql 9 so that <>(not equal to) in where clause can use index?

If yes how?

Any idea please.

Re: <>(not equal to) in where clause can use index

From
Nicklas Avén
Date:
One way to get around the problem is often to do a left or right join,
use = instead of <> , and catch the rows with null in id field,
something like:

SELECT a.* from
table a LEFT JOIN tableb b on a.testfld=b.testfld
WHERE b.id is null;

This one will use indexes on testflda and testfldb an

HTH

/Nicklas

On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 15:09 +0600, AI Rumman wrote:
> Is it possible to add some operator class in Postgresql 9 so that
> <>(not equal to) in where clause can use index?
>
> If yes how?
>
> Any idea please.